British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, addresses a cabinet meeting, as Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, centre, looks on, at 10 Downing Street, in London, Tuesday Sept. 9, 2025.

A Labour MP has told Keir Starmer to scrap his planned jury reforms – or he will trigger a by-election.

The government intends to limit jury trials in England and Wales, abolishing them altogether for non-serious offences – those with a likely prison sentences of three years of less – in a bid to clear the court backlog.

But Karl Turner, the former shadow solicitor general, has told The Sunday Times he is “ashamed” of the prime minister and justice secretary David Lammy for

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